Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe
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The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, Williamstown MA)
In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Karl Whittington (The Ohio State University) asks: what role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question with reference to historical evidence about an artist’s sexual identity, personality, and relationships, or with reference to particular kinds of imagery in works of art. But how do we think about desire in the case of anonymous artists or in works whose subject matter is mainstream?
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.
Details: clarkart.edu/events
Image: Martyrs of Sebaste (detail), Constantinople, late 10th century, ivory. Bode Museum, Berlin